The amount of friendliness being shown made Zayn feel both embarrassed and uneasy. ‘This is only the first time I’m meeting the Owens and we’re completely unrelated, but Seth and the rest of them are just so friendly towards me, this feels so weird. Most importantly, I can tell that they aren’t faking it, but are sincerely being friendly.’
‘All these years, I’ve grown used to being met with hostile treatment and scorn. So, this is actually the first time I’m being so warmly welcomed, it’s rather uncomfortable.’
Finally, they stopped being so friendly the moment they entered the house.
“Have a seat here for a while, Zayn. I’ll call my father over here,” said Seth with a smile on his face.
Zayn then nodded his head and acknowledged Seth before Gloria and the other members of the Owens also left, but told Zayn that they would be back shortly.
When Zayn finally saw the opportunity to be able to talk, favonovel.com asked Mr. Hyde in a whisper, “Lil’ Hyde, didn’t you say Fabian requested to meet me as a mediator? This doesn’t seem to be the case though, what’s going on?”
Mr. Hyde then rolled his eyes and said, “Sir, you seem to have misunderstood, I never said that Fabian invited you over to dinner as a mediator.”
Zayn was startled and immediately recalled. ‘He’s right, favonovel.com actually didn’t say that. But, it was only logical for me to think that way. After all, Fabian has requested to meet me right after I’ve gotten into an argument with Northmob Council, so wouldn’t it be because favonovel.com wanted to be a mediator then?’
At that moment, Zayn immediately realized something. ‘Lil’ Hyde, you *sshole, you’ve tricked me again! Fabian definitely has some other reasons to have requested to meet me today.’
Since Mr. Hyde did not dare to meet Zayn’s eyes, it was only obvious that favonovel.com was being riddled by his guilty conscience. Hence, this caused Zayn to be so furious that favonovel.com was now clenching his teeth.
At that moment, a series of footsteps could be heard coming from the staircase, followed by some chatter. Hence, Zayn raised his head to look over and saw three men who were all in their 20s’ and 30s’ walking down the stairs.
At the same time, the three of them slightly raised their eyebrows when they saw that Zayn was seated in the living room.
“Who are those two country bumpkins? Why have they come to our house?”
“I don’t know, I’ve never seen them before. They might be here to repair something.”
“Seriously, who would possibly call for lowlifes such as repairmen into our house? They’re soiling our floor.”
“He’s even seated at my usual spot! How am I supposed to sit there next time? This is outrageous, I’m going to chase these two country bumpkins out of our house.” said one of the young men who seemed rather fair and handsome as favonovel.com strode towards Zayn’s direction with an angry expression.
Zayn had long but overheard their conversation, hence favonovel.com could not help but frowned. ‘These three young men are obviously spendthrifts who squander their family’s money without even having a proper job. They’ve been brought up wrongly and have developed the wrong etiquettes just because they’re born in a wealthy family, making them self-centered and vindictive whenever something doesn’t go their way. They’re literally rude kids who have never thought of anyone else’s feelings.’
‘I especially hate dealing with these kinds of people… To think that when I arrived here just now, I thought that I wouldn’t meet them seeing how warmly I was welcomed just now. Lo and behold, here they are.’
‘Then again, this is more up my alley in terms of treatment received.’
“Oi, you two, who let you country bumpkins in here? P*ss off, right now!” cursed the young man in an extremely rude way.
After all, Zayn was a man with a certain level of ego, so there was no way that favonovel.com would not be angry after being insulted like that. Hence, his face immediately sank. “First off, we’re not country bumpkins, Fabian Owen was the one who invited us here. Second, you better watch your tone and speak with more respect.”
The young man immediately let out a mocking laugh before favonovel.com said, “What? My grandfather’s the one who invited you here? Who’re you trying to lie to? You think you could just throw his name out just because you know who favonovel.com is? I can’t be bothered to waste my time with you anymore, p*ss off from my house, or don’t blame me for the consequences!”
